The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-15
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Hillsboro Recorder: Lonnie Faucet
killed two pigs IA months old of the
Red Jersey stock that weighed 62O1bs.
Wilson Advance: The Nashville
Courier says MI. N. w. Boddie had a
fine mule killed by a vicious bear. The
mule was bitten in the side.
Laurinburg Exchange: The oyster
supper given by the Farmers Alliance
last Wednesday night was largely at.
tended and generally enjoyed.
Greensboro North State: Jim Pearce
sold a rifle at the court house door
Monday which he said Christopher
Columbus had hunted squirrels with
on South Buffalo just after he arrived.
It was knocked. off at $2.lO.
Ashboro Courier: The new cotton
mill at Randleman is now in full blast.
1t is one of the prettiest little mills in
the State. Everything in it and about
it is brand new and of the latest and
most improved style. 1t is a full
grown daisy. ~
E. City Falcon: We have often
heard it said that living was cheaper
here than most anywhere else, but we
notice that in Stokes county butter is
II ID to l5c, eggs l0c, and chickens
II IL to l5c; but we can beat them
, when it comes to catfish and cells.
! Twin City Daily: Rev. R. G. Pear
son, the great evangelist, has agreed to
visit our city next September and hold
. a series Of meetings. Our people may
thiuk it a long time off, but we learn
. that we were fortunate to secure the
promise of his services even then, as
his time is engaged up to that date.
Ashboro Courier: The hog record
ito date; B. B. Burns, two, 322 and 2S6,
Sheriff Mofitt's 296, w. P. Woods
292, Will Mornings 2s9. 1t was a
close race between Messrs. Mofitt,
Wood and Moring, their hogs being
of the same age and penned at the
same time. Their age was Is months.
Asheville Citizen: Capt. Matt Akin
son brought us yesterday morning a
piece of quartz thickly encrusted with
gold. If the specimen were a fair in
dication of the wealth of the mine, it
would carry about $40, 600 to the ton.
The specimen is from Madison county,
picked up on the road side by a negro
man, but the vein was not found, and
it may be a mere waif.
Wilmington Review: We are told
that a portion of Waccamaw township
in Columbus county are infested with
bears to such an extent as to cause
great annoyance to the people. The
ravages have been committed mainly
near here. Waccamaw River enters
Green Swamp. They have carried off
considerable quantities Of stock and
although the hunters have killed
eleven bears in that vicinity within the
last month, the depredations of these
animals continue.
Salisbury Truth: The cotton factory
may now be considered an assured fact.
The subscribers meet on Monday to
organize. This enterprise will greatly
help the town. 1t is much needed to
encourage the investment Of capital, to
give employ to the poor and create and
foster other enterprises. In short, it
will place us in the forefront of the
live towns, give employment to many
in need, and put us in the position we
should long since have occupied as one
of the most progressive towns in the
State. .
Greensboro Patriot: Colonel E. T.
Beasley, a thrifty farmer living neal
W~atkinsville, Stokes county, remarked
a few days ago, that he had bought
only four and one-half pounds Of meat
and four bushels of corn in the. last
fifteen years: Mr.. Beasly has raised a
family of several children. How MANY
more Of our farmers can say as much.
The members of the powerful